Project Information: Collecting Memories: Oral Histories of American Folklorists is a joint project of the American Folklore Society, and Utah
State University Special Collections and Archives. The project is an effort to preserve and disseminate the voices and images of American folklorists and the field of folklore studies
through oral histories (memories and personal commentary), photographs and related materials (personal papers, diaries, logs, etc.).

The project will help document the development and change of the field since the mid-twentieth century to more fully tell the story of folklore scholarship and to make accessible the institutional memory of the
American Folklore Society, the premier folklore society in the United States. Project products (media, transcripts/logs, images and affiliated materials) will be housed at Utah State University, the official repository of the
American Folklore Society Records. USU will host the project products in both physical and digital collections.

Target Groups:1) Senior public and academic folklorists
2) Folklorists who are or have conducted important fieldwork projects
3) Past or current officers/board members from the American Folklore Society or regional folklore societies
4) General AFS membership

The individuals to be interviewed will be selected by the project partners, with input from AFS Fellows and the general AFS membership (as needed).

at the beginning of the interview, review the release form with the participant

conduct a recorded interview, turning off the recording machine if the participant requests

if possible, transcribe interview or have interview transcribed

review with participant potential for donation of related materials for inclusion in this collection and option for monetary donation to support the project; if participant is interested, please notify Randy Williams or Tim Lloyd